Kathrin Bach (1988) was born in Wiesbaden and studied Literary Writing at Hildesheim. In 2014, she won second place in the Poetry Prize of the City of Munich and was nominated for the award of the 22nd Open Mike contest. She won the Poetry Prize of the City of Munich in 2018. Her debut poetry collection Schwämme (Sponges) was released by Parasitenpresse in 2017. She owns and maintains a bookstore in Berlin and also works as literary agent. Her contributions in this anthology were originally published in Schwämme.